MDMD (6)--Ch. 18 Notes - Woffington
AS Rounce
A.Rounce at bristol.ac.uk
Sat Aug 16 08:17:39 CDT 1997
On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Steven Maas (CUTR) wrote:
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> > 184.4 Mrs Woffington & Garrick--perhaps, ghosts, as well?
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> Woffington, Margaret (1714-1760) `Peg Woffington', actress.
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> Garrick, David (1717-1779), actor.
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> Anyhow I guess they were still alive.
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> Steve Maas
But if the Cock-Lane Ghost didn't start tapping until January 1762, then
it can't be Peg Woffington, can it? There's a famous biog of Garrick
that might have more on this. (Of course, it could be a cock-up)
Adam
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